Golden Rice Cookies With Piper Crocatum for Blood Glucose Control and Quality of Life in People Living With HIV With Hyperglycemia

Golden Rice cookies enriched with Piper crocatum were formulated as a functional food containing β-carotene and bioactive compounds (polyphenols, flavonoids, tannins). Participants in the experimental arm consume 20 g twice daily (40 g/day total) for 28 days. The cookies are iso-caloric with control cookies but differ by inclusion of Golden Rice and Piper crocatum.

Iso-caloric cookies made from standard flour without Golden Rice and without Piper crocatum. Participants in the control arm consume 20 g twice daily (40 g/day total) for 28 days. The cookies are designed to match the intervention cookies in calories and appearance but do not contain the active ingredients.